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Vilhelm Melbye (Elsinore 1824-1882 Roskilde)
Lot 109

Vilhelm Melbye (Elsinore 1824-1882 Roskilde)

A Spanish felucca, British warships and other shipping in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar

Closed23 May 2012

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GBP 43,250

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Vilhelm Melbye (Elsinore 1824-1882 Roskilde)
A Spanish felucca, British warships and other shipping in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar
signed and dated 'Wm. Melby. 1874.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Spanish felucca, Gibraltar' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 54 in. (80.8 x 137.2 cm.)

10th Earl of Stair, K.C.V.O., 1874.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 May 1978, lot 169.